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oxide vs silica

silica vs oxide

oxide and silica both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
oxide Yes No No No
silica Yes No No No
As nouns, silica is a hyponym of oxide; that is, silica is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than oxide:
  • oxide: any compound of oxygen with another element or a radical
  • silica: a white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid (SiO2); various forms occur widely in the earth's crust as quartz or cristobalite or tridymite or lechatelierite
oxide (noun) silica (noun)
any compound of oxygen with another element or a radical a white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid (SiO2); various forms occur widely in the earth's crust as quartz or cristobalite or tridymite or lechatelierite
Difference between oxide and silica

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